THIS JUST IN: HOCKEY BAD BOY AND POP STAR EXTRAORDINAIRE ENGAGED!That was the headline Mia Love wanted. If only she had known the cost to get it. Aleksander Suter has been Mia's best friend since high school - and the only man who's ever been able to truly get under her skin.With his reputation for trouble, searing dark eyes and a smirk that could melt ice, he's also the NHL's favourite bad boy. When Mia's career is threatened by tabloid drama and her publicist's plan to fix her image collides with Aleks's need to clean up his own, they find themselves in a fake engagement that feels too real from the start. Now, Mia is putting on a show for the paparazzi and falling too fast for a man who never falls for anyone.Every stolen glance, every heated touch, blurs the lines between them until she's wondering where the lies end and the truth begins. Mia cannot afford to jeopardise everything she's worked hard for. But as their past resurfaces and old feelings reignite, Mia realises the biggest risk isn't losing her career - it's losing her heart to the one person she thought would never be hers.Save Your Breath is the fourth book in the Kings of the Ice, a series of interconnected standalones following a team of professional hockey players and the women who bring them to their knees.

From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Kandi Steiner comes a new edition of this sexy, hilarious, opposites-attract sports romance - bonus content included in this exclusive paperback edition!Three dates. Two rules. One irresistible problem. Belle Monroe lives life wild and free; as the boss of her own interior design agency she doesn't have time for the messy emotions that come with dating, so she has a rule: three dates-max. Just enough time to have some fun, dodge any feelings, and move on before things get complicated. It's worked flawlessly for years...until she meets her newest client. Makoa Kumaka is six-foot-five, devastatingly gorgeous, and a professional athlete with a rule of his own: no getting physical before the third date. As a hopeless romantic who's been burned before, this time he's determined to get it right. But Belle doesn't do waiting. She doesn't do trust. And she definitely doesn't do love. Yet with Makoa, she's starting to want it all. The more she lets him in, the more she's convinced he's hiding something. Belle has played the game for years, never letting a man close enough to win her heart... but maybe she just hasn't met the right player

From USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Kandi Steiner comes a new edition of this #BestofBookTok standalone, angsty, enemies-to-lovers sports romance - bonus content included in this exclusive paperback edition!Two season tickets. One genius idea. Zero interest in a relationship.Gemma Mancini’s plan is simple. Step one: find hot, preferably funny, and definitely single men. Step two: take a new guy to each home game for the rest of the football season.It’s time for her to get back in the dating game, and besides, she can’t think of a better way to use the season tickets she bought for her ex-husband. It’s a foolproof plan, until her bartender offers to be her practice round. Zach Bowen is infuriating.Presumptuous, overbearing and absolutely, undeniably gorgeous. He’s determined to be Gemma's only date this season and is ready to do whatever it takes, even if that means sabotaging any of her potential matches. But Gemma isn't ready for anything serious, no matter how charming she finds his antics.After all, Zach can try his best to change the rules, but he can’t win if he’s playing the wrong game.

My mother only wanted me to learn one lesson growing up... Men are trash. Her father left her, and then my father left us.Being raised by her and my grandmother, I was surrounded by the reminder to be independent and guard my heart. After my one and only experience with a boy in college fell flatter than a pancake, I realized they were right - and I was content to live the life of a twenty-six-year-old cat lady. Until Will Perry blew my quiet world to smithereens.Starting goalie for the Tampa Bay Ospreys and the kind of hot that scrambles your brain, all I was ever supposed to be to him was his daughter's kindergarten teacher. Then, in a twist of events, his temporary nanny. But temporary turns to permanent, and when I move into his pool house, everything changes.He's impossibly grumpy and focused on only two things: hockey, and taking care of his daughter. I'm only focused on using this new income to pay back my student loans. But in that house, I feel his heated gaze beneath that permanent scowl, the way it lingers and warms my skin.And though I know my mother would lose her mind if she knew, my dreams have become midnight fantasies about my long-haired, muscle-lined mystery of a boss. When the tension becomes too much, we break, and we make a deal. He still needs a nanny.I still need a paycheck and for my matriarchy to not disown me. But Will agrees to teach me everything I've always wanted to learn, and I'm all too eager to be his student. I can do this.I'm a grown woman. I can explore my curiosities with the hottest goalie on earth and still remain one-hundred percent professional. And I can definitely do it all without catching feelings.I have to. Otherwise, I'll end up heartbroken in my mother's arms while she shakes her head and asks me if I'll ever learn my lesson.

One Month with Vince Tanev: Tampa's Hotshot RookieTwenty-four-seven access on and off the ice. The headline says it all, and my bosses are over the moon when the opportunity of a lifetime lands in my lap. Of course, they aren't aware that I've already met Vince Cool at an all-star gala - and that we were at each other's throats the entire time.It doesn't matter that he's the kind of hot that shows God has favourites - messy brown hair, heated hazel eyes, the smirk of a rockstar and a scar over his eyebrow that makes every woman particularly feral. He's a rich, cocky playboy - a brand I'm all too familiar with, and one I'm determined to never be around again. But after my coverage of the gala stirs up buzz, the team's General Manager and my CEO strike a deal.To help fill the arena at home games, I'll get up close and personal with Tampa's new shiny toy. Whether he's at practice, playing in a game, partying or drinking coffee half-naked in his condo - I'll be there for all of it. Vince gets under my skin like no one else.It isn't long before that paper-thin line between hate and lust blurs, and being around him every waking minute of the day leaves no chance to escape his devilish stare. The air crackles between us. The tension is hot enough to melt my inhibitions.But I know the way this story ends. I've lived it once before. As much as I work to guard my heart, my body is a traitor - and if this man puts his hands on me, I know I'll submit to desire.I thought one month with Vince Tanev was a game I could win easily. But I might have just met my match.

Grace Tanev is off limits to her brother's teammates - but that doesn't stop her from daring Jaxson Brittain to be the first to break the rule. Grace is all too aware of the hot, broody defenseman for the Tampa Bay Ospreys, with his icy blue eyes and ink sprawling his muscular arms - and she has far too much fun testing Jaxson at every turn. It was just one steamy night of teasing, flirting and messing around knowing nothing would ever come of it.But when the universe throws Grace and Jaxson back together two weeks later on a secret road trip, all bets are off. Grace longs for him to touch her, and tries her hardest to tempt him. Jaxson doesn't have a death wish and, a true gentleman, keeps his hands to himself.But the closer they get on the road, miles and miles away from all the reasons they shouldn't cross the line, temptation is harder and harder to resist... A spicy, wholly irresistible opposites-attract, forced proximity forbidden ice hockey romance perfect for fans of Hannah Grace, Elsie Silver and Elle Kennedy. Watch Your Mouth is book two in the Kings of the Ice series: a series of interconnected standalones following a team of professional hockey players and the women who bring them to their knees.They do not need to be read in order, but you will gain glimpses of future characters/couples in each book.